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The Wait of the World

The Wait of the World

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The Wait of the World

1985

1h 27m

8.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

The story here finds three different Christian reporters each given assignments elsewhere in the world, and the involvements they in-turn share with the individuals they've been asked to write about.

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Jim Schmidt

Brian

Vicki Dvoracek

Karen

Darin Grebel

T.J.

Eddie Hailey

Mohamed

Rodrigo Cáceres

Rodrigo

Loren Cedar

Lisa

Diane Hess

Pat Hollis

Steve Bond

Steve

Jim Custer

Ferguson

Phil Schmidt

Don Carson

Creative team

Directed by: John Schmidt

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